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Roving Reporter: Housing Day 2024
Despite the rain, Harvard upperclassmen and frosh alike turned up for Housing Day this Thursday! And Flyby couldn't let this roving go... unreported. Check out our Official Scoop on Housing Day 2024!
Roving Reporter: Harvard Housing Day Reactions
Each spring Harvard first-years are sorted into one of twelve upperclassmen houses, where they will spend their next three years. We set out across the Yard to see how the Class of 2024 reacted to the results of this year's virtual Housing Day.
Roving Reporter: Halloween at Harvard Edition
We went around asking students about some of the spookiest things at Harvard in honor of Halloween — check it out!
Roving Reporter: Would You Rather, Harvard Edition
We went around Harvard asking students to play "Would You Rather, Harvard Edition!" Check it out!
Roving Reporter: Valentine's Day
The Harvard Crimson's Flyby asks students: What's the weirdest thing a Harvard student has said to you on a date?
Roving Reporter: Boston Media, Arts & Ideas Mixer
Last Monday evening, the back room of Brattle Street’s Beat Brew Hall transformed into the second Boston Media, Arts & Ideas Mixer. Over drinks, popcorn, and pretzels, the event brought together creative individuals from the Boston area — across all academic and professional disciplines — in a vibrant, friendly, and inclusive environment. It fostered conversations about past accomplishments, current projects, and future ideas, and served to introduce creators (in many forms) to potential future collaborators. This Roving Reporter spoke to some of the mixer’s attendees to learn more about them and about Boston’s creative scene.
Roving Reporter: Harvard Students and the Admissions Trial
Wondering what people on campus think about the SFFA lawsuit? We asked around.
Roving Reporter: A24 at Harvard
The A24 at Harvard program opens a new chapter in the film scene on campus. Roving Reporter investigates the launch party.
Roving Reporter: Harvard Student Late Night
Since its inception in 2015, the event has proven massively popular with Harvard students from every field whether it was their first or their tenth time in the museum.
Roving Reporter: How Are Freshmen Preparing for Housing Day?
Do their moms know they are participating in River Run? Do their moms know what River Run is?
Roving Reporter: Stanley Kubrick Day at the MFA
Contributing writer Xavier A. Escobar talks to attendees of the MFA's Stanley Kubrick Day, screening three of the esteemed director’s most popular films—“A Clockwork Orange,” “Dr. Strangelove,” and “The Shining”—in a day-long movie marathon.
Roving Reporter: 'The Square' at the ICA
"What was so great about this film showing is that it was making fun of contemporary art in a contemporary art museum.”
Roving Reporter: Do Harvard Students Have Love Lives?
Two thirds of Harvard freshmen are virgins. For Valentine's Day, Flyby does some roving reporting to see if this statistic rings true.
Roving Reporter: Identities Fashion Show
Last Saturday, the Identities Fashion Show turned Northwest Labs into a pulsing, energetic center of fashion and student creativity. This Crimson Roving Reporter sat down with several people at the event, exploring the inner mechanics of a fashion show and what goes on behind the models’ flawless smizing.
Roving Reporter: Battle for Yardfest
After a night of music ranging from sultry jazz to spirited alternative rock, the crowd voted The Lighthouse Keepers and Protein Shake as Yardfest 2016’s student openers. The Roving Reporter caught up with a few of the bands after the show.
The Arts Vanity Issue's Roving Reporter: The Crimson Newsroom—On Ha Le
The Crimson (fails to) explore how incoming Arts Chair Ha Le juggles the 732 academic requirements she must fulfill as a biomedical engineering concentrator, the five-hour film screenings she attends weekly for her visual and environmental studies secondary, and the responsibilities of being a Campus Arts exec.
The Arts Vanity Issue's Roving Reporter: The Crimson Newsroom—On Victoria Lin
This Roving Reporter ventured to 14 Plympton Street during the Arts board’s production night to learn more about incoming Arts Chair Victoria Lin and to see if she measures up to the film “Love.”
Roving Reporter: Institute of Contemporary Art College Night
On Nov. 10, the ICA held its first College Night to introduce college students to the fascinating world of contemporary art. This Roving Reporter attended the event, trying to figure out the meaning of modern art and to chisel away at the mystery of the perfect date night spot.
Roving Reporter: Nosferatu at the Boston Symphony
The night before Halloween, the Boston Pops accompanied the classic horror film “Nosferatu” with a brand new score composed by eight students from the Berklee College of Music. The Harvard Crimson sent a roving reporter into this eccentric mix of Halloween horror to ask the composers, audience members, and even a theremin player what they thought of the screening.
The Battle of B.good and Clover
We all have really strong feelings about this, and we decided to stir the pot further by asking Harvard students an intensely contentious question– which closure are you sadder about, B.good or Clover?
Roving Reporter: Pope vs. President
Students were asked, "Who is more influential: the Pope or the president?"
Roving Reporter: Instagram Latte Art at the ICA
Last Friday, as part of its ICA After 5 series, the Institute of Contemporary Art hosted a workshop on latte art and Instagram, drawing dozens of coffee lovers and photographers to the museum. This Roving Reporter spoke with some of the workshop leaders and participants to find out more.
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